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  Encyclopedia: Matsu Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jyuguang (莒光鄉; Pinyin: Jǔguāng Wade-Giles: Chü³-kuang²) is a township of Lienchiang County, Republic of China (Taiwan).
Pingtung County (屏東縣, pinyin: Píngdōng Xiàn) is a county in Southern Taiwan.
Tainan County (台南縣, pinyin: Táinán Xiàn) is a county in Southern Taiwan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Matsu-Islands   (3504 words)

  
 Matsu Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the Nationalists retreated to Taiwan in 1949, the ROC retained the part of Lienchiang County offshore (and the entire Kinmen County as well).
The common Romanization used in the ROC is Wade-Giles (Lienchiang) while the PRC uses pinyin (Lianjiang).
In April 2003, the county government started considering changing the name to Matsu County to avoid confusion with the county of the same name on the mainland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matsu_Islands   (802 words)

  
 Matsu Islands - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Matsu Islands (馬祖列島; or less frequently, 馬祖群島 Pinyin: Mǎzǔ) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County (連江 Pinyin: Liánjiāng), Fujian Province of the Republic of China (ROC, based on Taiwan).
The People's Republic of China controls the part of the county adjoining the mainland and has a separate administration for that jurisdiction, Lianjiang County, which claims the entire archipelago to be its Mazu Township (妈祖乡).
Since 1990, the county controls the Matsu Islands Bird Sanctuary (馬祖列島燕鷗保護區), which spreads across eight islands and islets in Nangan, Beigan and Tongyin Townships.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /matsu_islands.htm   (760 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Lienchiang County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lianjiang (連江; 连江; Liánjiāng; Lien²-chiang¹) is a county on the coast of Fujian Province, China.
Wenma was changed to the present name and made its own county during in 623, during the Tang Dynasty, when Baisha (白沙) or Fusha (伏沙) of Aojiang was the capital of Lianjiang County.
In 1949, the county was split in two due to the Chinese Civil War, as it remains today.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lienchiang-County   (409 words)

  
 Lianjiang -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As a result, the county has two governments governing separate jurisdictions.
Wenma was changed to the present name and made its own county during in (Click link for more info and facts about 623) 623, during the (The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907) Tang Dynasty, when Baisha (白沙) or Fusha (伏沙) of Aojiang was the capital of Lianjiang County.
In 1949, the county was split in two due to the (Click link for more info and facts about Chinese Civil War) Chinese Civil War, as it remains today.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/lianjiang.htm   (755 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Politics of Taiwan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kinmen, Matsu, and smaller nearby islands are administered as counties of Fukien (Fujian) Province.
Changhua, Chiayi, Chiayi*, Keelung*, Hsinchu, Hsinchu*, Hualien, Yilan, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung**, Miaoli, Nantou, Penghu, Pingtung, Taichung, Taichung*, Tainan, Tainan*, Taipei, Taipei**, Taitung, Taoyuan, and Yunlin, the provincial capital is at Jhongsing Village Changhua County (彰化縣, pinyin: Zhānghuà Xiàn) is a county in western Taiwan administered as part of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China.
Yilan City (宜蘭市), commonly and historically spelled Ilan or I-lan (Wade-Giles), is the capital of Yilan County in the Taiwan Province of the Republic of China.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-Taiwan   (8550 words)

  
 City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nangan is the largest island and the county's political, economic, cultural, and educational center.
  Lienchiang County's major government agencies are located in Jieshou Village of Nangan Township.
The large area of vegetable patches in front of the county and city government building is a memorable local scene, and lets visitors appreciate the day-to-day ways of Matsu.
twcam.www.gov.tw /webcam/english/city/main.jsp?view_id=114&belong_id=25&who=view   (196 words)

  
 Fukien Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Thus, Quemoy is included as one of the 45 counties and Matsu as one of the 334 townships.
Quemoy County is nominally controlled by Quanzhou prefecture-level city, but it is administered in its entirety by the Republic of China on Taiwan.
The PRC-administered Lianjiang County, under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou prefecture-level city, nominally includes the Matsu Islands, but Matsu is in reality controlled by the Republic of China on Taiwan, which administers Matsu as Lienchiang County (same name Romanized differently).
www.stardustmemories.com /search/encyclopedia/Fukien   (3093 words)

  
 Results trickle in from poll recount   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
n unprecedented recount of presidential ballots started in 21 counties and cities across Taiwan on Monday, aiming to bring the country closer to the end of a dispute generated by opposition's reaction to the outcome of March 20 presidential election.
The Matsu-based recount team counting votes cast by the electorate of Lienchiang County finished their task on Monday evening, ahead of 21 other regions.
The 12 recount teams stationed in Yunlin County are expected to finish their tally of over 410,000 ballots in nine days.
www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw /20040511/20040511p1.html   (805 words)

  
 Republic of China - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The remainder consists of Han Chinese, who themselves consist of early Han immigrants who are referred to as "Bensheng ren" (84%) and later immigrants which are referred to as "Waisheng ren" or "Mainlanders" (14%) that fled the mainland in 1949.
The Bensheng ren consist of descendants of migrants from Southern Fujian, as well as the Hakka (15%), who are concentrated in several counties throughout Taiwan, with extensive intermarriage with Taiwanese aborigines.
Almost everyone on Taiwan born after the early-1950s can speak Mandarin, which has been the medium of instruction in the schools for more than four decades.
open-encyclopedia.com /Republic_of_China   (2489 words)

  
 Matsu: environmental outpost   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Because of lax environmental regulations in China, the islands are being swamped with Chinese junk -- ranging from bottles to animal carcasses to human bodies.
According to Chen Hsiu-hua, director-general of Lienchiang County's Environmental Protection Bureau, an air-quality monitoring system in Nankan will soon be relocated to a nearby site.
According to Chen Yu-li, a specialist with the county's Environmental Protection Bureau, about 296 tonnes of waste from China's Fujian Province were collected by sanitation workers in Matsu last year.
www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw /20040510/20040510s3.html   (1035 words)

  
 Definition of List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area
The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by area.
Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdictions of Fuchien province, instead of Taiwan province.
List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population
www.wordiq.com /definition/List_of_Taiwanese_counties_and_cities_by_area   (160 words)

  
 Stanley Park bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Jyuguang (莒光鄉; Pinyin: Jǔguāng Wade-Giles: Chü³-kuang²) is a township of Lienchiang County.
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 Matsu Islands : Lienchiang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Matsu Islands : Lienchiang
Matsu Islands : Lienchiang
article at Free Euro Online Encyclopedia
It uses material from the wikipedia article Matsu Islands : Lienchiang.
www.eurofreehost.com /li/Lienchiang.html   (204 words)

  
 Lienchiang : Lienchiang County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lienchiang : Lienchiang County
Lienchiang : Lienchiang County
article at Free Euro Online Encyclopedia
It uses material from the wikipedia article Lienchiang : Lienchiang County.
www.eurofreehost.com /li/Lienchiang_County.html   (84 words)

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